This winter adventure trip took us from our new home, the wilderness community of Port McNeill on Vancouver Island, British Columbia all the way north to Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean in Alaska. On this trip which turned out to be real adventure travel, we drove close to 15,000 kms over a period of over four weeks.
At times our adrenalin levels peaked at 120% as we drove along ice roads, got caught between snow drifts for hours on a remote arctic highway, and regulary slept in a pickup truck with only a standard canopy in -45 degree temperatures.
These challenges were rewarded by the beautiful winter scenery accompanied by the Northern Lights, and the extremely diverse and well adapted wildlife that dwell in this harsh environment. We were rewarded with sightings of caribou, dall sheep, moose, buffalo, lynx, eagles, arctic foxes and more.
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Sunset Kenai |
Tombstone Mountain |
Stoneman |
Summit Lake |
Sunset Beautiful sunset over the ocean which makes a great background picture. |
Stone Mountain |
Stone Sign |
Spruce Tree |
Spruce Tree Dalton |
Stone Man |
Snowed Truck |
Snowshoeing |
Snowshoes Inukshuk |
Snow Yukon |
Yukon Snow |
Snowed Tree |
Snow Tree |
Snow Wind Drift Icy sold winter landscape with hard pressed snow wind drifts along the James Dalton Highway in Alaska, USA. |
Snow Ripples |
Snow Shoeing |
Snow Formations |
Snow Drift |
Snow Plow |
Snow Dune |
Snow Dunes |
Snow Formation |
Snow Art |
Snow Capped Trees |
Snow Drift |
Sheep Wildlife |
Sign Post Watson |
Sled Dog |
Santa Claus Christmas |
Santa Claus Picture |
Scenery Art Photo |
Road Signs |
Road Signs |
Rolf Hicker |
Road Sign |
Road Sign |
Road Conditions |
Road Images |
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... of the more domesticated animals we came into contact with, were sled dogs and ever so cute husky puppies.
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Fall Pictures